Ethnic

Ethnic Links

• The Irish Mind Abroad: The Attitudes and Experiences of the Irish Diaspora Paper describing survey responses obtained from Irish emigrants.
  
• Polonia in Maryland The Archives of Maryland Polonia was founded in 1982 to preserve, document and make available to researchers the history of Polish immigrants and people of Polish heritage in the State of Maryland. The archival collection consists of books, documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, genealogies, and correspondence.
  
• British Home Children Between 1870 and 1940, more than fifty child care organizations deported 100,000 alleged orphaned, abandoned, illegitimate, and impoverished children to Canada ostensibly to 'provide them with better lives than they would have had in England.'
  
• Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village This historic site tells the story of Ukrainian immigrants and the development of the Bloc Settlement in East Central Alberta from 1892 to 1930.
  
• Canadian Immigration and Citizenship 1996 census tables tell what major immigrant groups live in what provinces and metropolitan areas.
  
• Iceland to North America A tribute to all the people from Iceland who had for known or unknown reasons to search for a new life in a new country. The main purpose of this site is to help people of Icelandic origin to search for their roots in Iceland, their ancestors and living relatives.
  
• The Hungarian Emigration Law of 1903 Text of the law in 1903. Translated to English.
  
• Danish Immigrant Museum The mission of the Danish Immigrant Museum is to tell the story of Danish immigrants and the Danish American experience and is organized to collect, preserve, study and interpret their materials, culture and traditions.
  
• Jewish Immigrant Culture The mission of The Archive is to preserve the history and collective memory of the Jewish immigrant community from the former Soviet Union and to create an engaging environment for today's immigrant culture.
  
• Finnish Emigrant Tracking Finnish and Scandinavian resources for emigration.
  
• Ukrainian Internment in Canada 1914-1920 Canadian internment of Ukrainian Canadians in concentration camps during the period of 1914-1920.
  
• Migration Heritage Centre The Migration Heritage Centre (MHC) provides opportunities for people to tell of their achievements, their struggles for belonging, of cultural change, traditions and adaptation, reconciliation and celebrations of survival.
  
• Swedish Emigrant Institute The national collection and museum on Swedish emigration history. Emigrant letters, diaries, photos and other documents from the emigration epoch (1846-1930).
  
• Portuguese Historical Museum Located in San Jose, this museum explores the celebrated traditions which helped make the immigrants' transition from the old world to the new easier by maintaining strong bonds to their heritage.
  
• German Migration Resource Center This genealogy site encourages a worldwide exchange of information about German emigrants and immigrants. Genealogists can submit queries about individuals migrating from Germany in any time period and to any destination country. For a fee, search queries by surname, ship name, immigration year, places of origin or destination.
  
• Ukrainian Canadian Pioneer Days Ukrainian Canadian pioneer days are celebrated in this homepage which features the humble churches built by hardy Ukrainian immigrants at the turn of the century.
  
• Danish Immigration to America: An Annotated Bibliography of Resources Research guide and annotated bibliography of Scandinavian and Danish Immigration, presented by the Library of Congress.
  
• Finnish Emigration and Immigration after World War II Article with charts and graphs written by Jouni Korkiasaari & Ismo Söderling.
  
• Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad The national council for the 32 affiliated Norwegian-American bygdelag provides current information on, and links to each lag site.
  
• Swedish Emigration An article about mass emigration from Sweden and a list of links for emigration from other countries.
  
• Jewish: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society The History of HIAS and Jewish Immigration to America.
  
• The Cornish-American Connection This web site is studying emigrants from Cornwall and is soliciting info from others.
  
• A Brief History of Chinese Immigration to America The struggles, hardships and successes of the Chinese immigrants to America beginning in mid-1800's to the present.
  
• French Migration Resource Center This genealogy site encourages a worldwide exchange of information about French emigrants and immigrants. Genealogists can submit queries about individuals migrating from France in any time period and to any destination country. For a fee, search queries by surname, ship name, immigration year, places of origin or destination.
  
• Poles to Australia Polish-Australian website devoted to post World War II migration to Australia focusing on Polish immigration and settlement in Australia, together with vintage photos, reading lists and links.
  
• Texel, Netherlands Emigrants to the US from the island of Texel in the Netherlands between 1850 and 1920, organized by surname.
  
• Denmark -- The Escape to America Nearly 150 years ago August and Ane Rasmussen said goodbye to relatives and friends in Sæby parish, Denmark. Many more Danes were to follow suit.
  
• Irish Migration Resource Center This genealogy site encourages a worldwide exchange of information about Irish emigrants and immigrants. Genealogists can submit queries about individuals migrating from Ireland in any time period and to any destination country. For a fee, search queries by surname, ship name, immigration year, places of origin or destination.
  
• Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center A national archives and research institute for the study of Swedish immigration to North America.
  
• Southeast Asian Archive at UCI The Archive collects materials relating to the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants in the United States (and to a lesser extent, worldwide), the boat people and land refugees, and the culture and history of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. There is a special focus on materials pertaining to Southeast Asians in Orange County and California. Also provides links to similar collections.